MOVIES

From Thursday, June 4, 2015, NollywoodWeek will start it's third edition in Paris at the Cinéma l’Arlequin. NollywoodWeek Paris is an annual film festival that showcases the top films by Nigerian filmmakers in Paris, France. Nollywood is the name given to the Nigerian film industry. "Nigeria produces roughly 1,000 films on average per year. This…

The filmmaker, actor and Hollywood producer from Benin "Djimon Hounsou" will play the role of King Gbêhanzin in a Hollywood film. He wishes to retrace the life and reign of "one of the greatest kings of Africa who has bravely opposed colonial penetration." The writer Beninese Florent Couao-Zotti is the first editor of the script.

"In a civil war-torn African country, a young lawyer is assigned to defend a rebel accused of war crimes".

"Aya de Yopougon" a series from the comic strip written by the Ivorian Margerite Abouet and designed by Clément Oubrerie. The novel follows the life of many different people living on the Ivorian coast. All the characters are connected by the main character, Aya who assists them and helps them through their various dilemmas and…